Holy Scripture
Genesis 11:7
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“And they arose and came from the land of the east; and, as they went through the land, they chanced upon the land of Shinar, which was exceeding broad; where they took in hand to build a tower. They sought means thereby to go up to heaven, and be able to leave their work as a memorial to those men who should come afte…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.
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5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
6And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
— Genesis 11:7 —
8And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.
9On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.